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Intimate beer festival on Staten Island promises rare picks

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Drunken shrimp and a beer, two tastes at Adobe Blues in New Brighton. At this year's Brewery Appreciation Day, held Sunday, Nov. 17, the New Brighton restaurant will feature unlimited fajitas.
(Staten Island Advance/Anthony DePrimo)

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- Adobe Blues offers its third Brewery Appreciation Day this Sunday, Nov. 17 from noon to 4 p.m. The sampling includes tastes of some unusual beers in a keepsake 5-ounce glass, unlimited buffet with mini-tacos plus assorted fajitas and a taste of three homebrews put out by Staten Island beer club Pour Standards. The cost is $50 per guest.

The selling point of this festival is the fact that it attracts serious beer drinkers: Plus, the event features pourers who are extremely knowledgable in the unusual selections.

Here are the selected brews with tasting notes by Ryan Barker:

Harviestoun of Scotland -- From the brewer, a very rare Ola Dubh 21 Year, a strong dark ale that has been aged in barrels that previously held Highland Park scotch for 21 years.

Smuttynose of New Hampshire -- Short Batch #21, a strawberry-rhubarb Berliner Weiss. Only 27 barrels of this were produced, making this one pretty hard to come by…

Weyerbacher from Pennsylvania -- Aries, a blend of two beers that includes Old Heathen Imperial Stout, and an Adobe favorite, Imperial Pumpkin Ale.

Otter Creekand Lawson’s Finest Liquids, both of Vermont -- Two brewers teamed up to make a double IPA, called Double Dose. This is the first time any beer from Lawson’s Finest Liquids has been in the New York market and is offered in very limited supply.

Oskar Blues from Colorado -- with Ten Fidy Imperial Stout. We’re going to be pouring this through our Randall…most likely with coffee and chocolate…

Blue Point from Long Island --- A blending a cask of Old Howling Bastard Barleywine specifically for us—half fresh, half aged in wine barrels for a year!

Great Divide of Colorado -- Yeti, one of Adobe's favorite stouts. They sent one special cask to New York, aged with Madagascar cocoa nibs and cherry wood…just for this event.

Sierra Nevada started a whole new category of beer when they started using wet hops in their brewing process. We’ll have both their Southern and Northern Hemisphere Harvest Ales to try side by side!Southern Tier of Lakewood, N.Y. --- Tapping a vintage 2012 Pumking keg just for the day.

Ballast Point from California -- is coming with their once-a-year Schooner Wet Hop Pale Ale!

Abita of Louisiana -- The brewer is coming with a keg of their special Abita Select saison, French Connection.

Maine Brewing Company of Maine ---Mean Old Tom Stout.

Firestone Walker of California -- Adobe saved a keg earlier in the year for this very event.

Bar manager Ryan Barker says in an email, "Flips, or course, will also be made throughout the day. This involves a mixture of rum, beer and molasses…and a hot poker, straight out of the fire." For more on flips, go to this link.

Buy tickets at the bar anytime before the event or book a reservation online here: https://www.eventbrite.com/event/8884316229. The restaurant is located at 63 Lafayette Ave., New Brighton and can be reached at 718-720-Blue (2583).